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Coliseum City Proposal Remains in Play; Community Raises Questions
Posted in Arts and Culture, Business, Coliseum City, Community, Economic Development, Environment, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Politics, Responsive Government, Transportation By Ken Epstein Many people are furiously committed to…
Business Center in West Oakland Will Give Opportunities for Formerly Incarcerated
By Ashley Chambers A vacant lot left blighted for over three decades on 7th and Campbell streets in…
Councilmembers Endorse Prompt Payments to Nonprofits
Posted in Business, Economic Development, Oakland Job Programs, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein The City Council’s Finance and Management Committee this week…
Mayoral Candidates Consider Plan to Activate Community Involvement
By Post Staff Several of Oakland’s mayoral candidates have expressed interest in creating communitywide action task forces…
Civicorps and City of Oakland Work Together to Train Youth as Truck Drivers
Posted in Business, Climate change, Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Labor, Oakland Talks Trash Recycling and organics truck driver Wulliam Montolla By Ken Epstein Oakland may…
In 11 Years of State Oversight, No Audits of Oakland Schools’ Finances
Posted in Business, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Politics By Post Staff In the 11 years since the State of California declared the…
Army Base Developer Gets Amnesia on Promises to Hire West Oakland Workers
Posted in Army Base Jobs, Business, Community, Economic Development, Oakland Job Programs, Responsive Government, Transportation By Ken Epstein City agent and Army Base developer Phil…
Plan to Divert Garbage from Landfill to Produce Green Energy Awaits Waste Management OK
Posted in Business, Climate change, Economic Development, Environment, Health, Oakland Talks Trash EBMUD green digesters at Oakland Army Base in West Oakland By Ken…
Will Proposed Coliseum City Benefit or Displace East Oakland Residents?
Posted in Arts and Culture, Business, Coliseum City, Community, Economic Development, Environment, Gentrification, Health, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Responsive Government, Transportation By Ken Epstein City officials seem to be moving…
Oakland Seeks Answers as Residents Continue to Be Displaced and Dispossesed
Photo courtesy of Oakland North. By Ken Epstein With all the talk of economic and housing market…